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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2018

Investigating Small-Molecule Ligand Binding to G Protein-Coupled Receptors with Biased or Unbiased Molecular Dynamics Simulations.

Kristen A Marino, Marta Filizola

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kristen A MarinoDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1677, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Marta FilizolaDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1677, New York, NY, 10029, USA. marta.filizola@mssm.edu.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

Breakthrough Molecular Dynamics Research via an Anton2 SupercomputerR01GM116961 · NIGMS · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI BLOOD, PHILIP D. · 2016 to 2023
$3.0M
Transforming Genomics with 5 PB Big Omics Data Engine Cray CS300-AC SupercomputerS10OD018522 · OD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KOVATCH, PATRICIA · 2014 to 2014
$1.9M
Dynamic Mechanisms of GPCRs Targeted by Drugs of AbuseR01DA034049 · NIDA · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI FILIZOLA, MARTA · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
Structural Aspects of Oligomerization in the Function of GPCRsK02DA026434 · NIDA · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI FILIZOLA, MARTA · 2009 to 2018
$1.2M
Enhanced Molecular Dynamics Methods to Investigate GPCR Ligand BindingR21MH107053 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI FILIZOLA, MARTA · 2016 to 2017
$466k
NIDA NIH HHS K02 DA026434NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA034049NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM116961NIH HHS S10 OD018522NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH107053
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An increasing number of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) crystal structures provide important-albeit static-pictures of how small molecules or peptides interact with their receptors. These high-resolution structures represent a tremendous opportunity to apply molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to capture atomic-level dynamical information that is not easy to obtain experimentally. Understanding ligand binding and unbinding processes, as well as the related responses of the receptor, is crucial to the design of better drugs targeting GPCRs. Here, we discuss possible ways to study the dynamics involved in the binding of small molecules to GPCRs, using long timescale MD simulations or metadynamics-based approaches.

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryLigandsMolecular Dynamics SimulationAllosteric RegulationBinding SitesProtein BindingQuantitative Structure-Activity RelationshipReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledLigandsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledAllosteric communicationEnhanced-sampling methodsGPCRsInteraction fingerprintsLigand bindingMolecular dynamicsSmall-molecule drugs

Identifiers

PMID29188572
PMCPMC5745006
OpenAlexW2769626066

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